The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1887-03-23

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~rar~" - ruG!cund re Thousand arnn,
DAVE, I'm warrior. e had hidden III tn,
battle "r,oi, % hItile coast OF the Dca,
men II r,,-cJi, id ont with the pursuit, a
c"F' +,oriy Ren worn out with the trial
Sea. flown and cried out: No MAJ
you Il" Soul."
OF IhtsiouN TALL through a hatchwav, 0,
csYom a SraiToliing, or drop through &
flight, there would be hundreds of people
Milo would come around and pick up YOU
z body and carry it To your home or to thu
hospital. | saw 4 great crowd of people il
the street, and | asked: What is the matters
and found Uuo that Il poor lahoring man had
fallen under SunStroke; and all our eyes were
hlld with tears at the thought Of his dis.
tracted wife and his deSUlated home.
Ncare all Sympathetic with physical di,
Sastei. but how little sympathy for spiritual
woes. There are neu III this house who have
come 10 mldlife who have never Vet been once
personally accostcd about their eternal vel
fare. A great sermon dropped into an audi
ence of hundreds OF thousands will do its
work; but If this world IS ever to be brought
to Cod /. viii be through little Sermons
preached to private Christians, TO Ill audi
ence OF one. The sisters letter postmarked
at the village-thc word uttered in your
hearing, half Of smiles ana hall of tears-the
religious postscript - 4 business letter-the
caro- left ct the door when YOU had some kind
Of trouble-thn anxious look OF some one
across i church aisle while an earnest sermon
was being preached, swung You into the
kingdom Of God. But there are hundreds of
people Ill this house who will take the word
that David used i'll the past tense, and employ
it il the present tense, and cry out: mo man
cares for my soul
You feel as YOU so ont day by day in the
tug and jo>tlc Of lie that it is every MAJ for
himself. Iou can endure the pressure of
commercial affairs, and would consider it
almost impcrtin"nt for any one to ask YOU
whether yoa are IlGEing or losing money.
But there have been times wher You would
have drawn your check for thousands of dol
lars If some would only help your soul out of
ats perpleXitics. Pierre are questions about
yoSr higher destiny that ache, and distract,
and agon:zc you at times. Let no one sup
pose that because You are busy al day with
hardware, or GryGcods, or groceries, or grain,
that your thoughts are no longer than Jour
JN-'" SASh' "4-t 'SNp SC liz IItGtIiSl ildlGS
Of the store counter. When vou sp.ak once
about religious things You think 5000 times.
They call You Il woriGlin,. You are not a
worliling. or course You arc industrious
and keep buy, but YOU have had your eyes
-opeued. to the realities OF IL. nert world.
"" "~a rot fool. Yo:: L.u~osssbeSssrs
earthly engagements, and that YOU will take
residence III q distant sphere where al your
business a~droitMr>s wo"li be a superfluity.
You sometimes think till your Lead aches
about great religious subjects. You go down
the street with v0u" eyes fixed on the pave
ment, obliyiouS Of the ,sl>Sing multitudes,
YOUR Thoughts So2e On eternal expedition.
You wonder If the Bible is true, how much Of
it is literal and how much is figurative law,
If Christ be God, If there is anything like
retribution, If YOU are iInrIortll, if a reSur-
rection will ever take place, what the Occupa-
ton Of yonr departed kindred is, what you
will be 10000 ye.IS from now. With a Cul-
tured placidity of coantenance you are on
fire with agitatio3> OF soul. Oh, this solitary
anxiety of your whole lifetime. You have
sold goods TO or bought them from Christian
people for ten years, and they havo never
whispered one word of spiritual counsel. You
nave passed. up ANU No"n JIG al>ltS OI
churches with mel who knew that YOU had
10 hope Of heaven, and talked about the wca-
Their and about your physical health, AMI
aDou. everything but that concerning which
you most wanted to hear them speak, VIZ,
Your everlasting spirit. Times without num-
Der YOU nave felt il your heart, if you have
not uttered it with y0ur lips, 40 man cares
for. my soul"
There have been times when yOu We're es-
peciaily pliable on the great subject Of re-
ligion. 1t was 50, for instance, after you had
lost your property. You had q great many
letters blowing You upfor being unfortunate.
You showed that there had been a ccncatena-
ton of circumstances and that your inSol-
vency was no fault Of yours. Your creditors
talked to you as though they would have 100
cents on tho dollar or tour life. Protest
after protest tumbled in on your desk. Men
who usel TO take yorc hand with both Of
theirs and shake it violently, now pass you on
the street with an almost i~mpersptible nod.
After six OF eight hours of scalding business
anxiety YOU 70 home and You shut the door,
and throw Yourself III the sofa and you feel
in q state of despair. You wish that some
one would come in and break up the gloom.
EVERYTHING seems to be aGain>: you-the
bank against You. Your creditors against
YOU. Your friends suddenly become criti-
cal against YOU. Al the past against You.
All the future against You. You make re-
proachful cutlery: No >lan cares for my
soul"
Their, was another occasion when all the
6oorS Of rnrr hear ~"vunL o!r"r for sacred
Hera comDr4SSad sickness daarb nnSe.ru,aS